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Mogadishu on verge of falling to Islamic forces as transitional government faces disintegration |
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Written by M A Shaikh
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 "Washington is not interested in bringing peace to those two regions – whose populations are all Muslims – and the continuing violence suits its “anti-terrorism” game." A year ago (December 2006) the US government persuaded Ethiopia to invade Somalia, giving it military and financial backing to remove from power the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and replace it with the transitional federal government (TFG).
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Somali insurgents expanding area of attacks, AU report says |
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Written by Mohamed Abdi Farah
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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Islamist insurgents battling the Somali government and Ethiopian forces are increasingly taking the fight outside of the capital Mogadishu, an African Union report said Friday, AFP reports.
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Somalia's New Reality: A Strategic Overview |
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Written by Dr. Michael A. Weinstein
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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Events during the weeks following PINR's December 11 report on Somalia have confirmed its judgment that the country has settled into a chronic condition of statelessness characterized by devolution of the political community to clan-based solidarities, dispersion of power to local warlords and insurgent groups, and resultant multi-faceted conflicts. [See: "Somalia Completes its Devolutionary Cycle"]
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Somalia Completes its Devolutionary Cycle |
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Written by Dr. Michael A. Weinstein
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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A s a political community, Somalia has disintegrated. The country has now reached the limit of its devolutionary cycle, which began in December 2006, when Ethiopia mounted a military intervention that ousted the Islamic Courts Council (I.C.C.) from control over most of southern and central Somalia.
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Despite Worsening Humanitarian Disaster in the Ogaden Aid Agencies succumb to Ethiopian Pressure |
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Written by ONLF
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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The Ogaden National Liberation Front informs the international community that the Situation in the Ogaden is getting out of hand. Despite UN and international donors' attempts to alleviate the situation, the Ethiopian government has succeeded in forcing Aid agencies into submission.
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Large-scale fighting in Mogadishu |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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At least 41 Ethiopian soldiers are killed in one of the deadliest battles between allied Ethiopian-Somali forces and local insurgents.
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Ethiopia holds 'many Westerners' |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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Many US and European citizens of Ethiopian and Somali origin are being held in Ethiopia for alleged terrorist offences, a senior official has said.
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Ethiopia Detains US, European Citizens in Ogaden |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 19 January 2008 |
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Ethiopia says it has detained some American and European citizens on suspicion of terrorist activities in the restive Southeastern region known as the Ogaden. VOA's Peter Heinlein has details from the Southeastern Ethiopian town of Gode.
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Heavy fighting erupts in Somali capital, 13 dead |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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MOGADISHU - At least 13 people were killed and 75 wounded in heavy fighting in the Somali capital on Thursday in the latest confrontation between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents, witnesses said.
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